The school board ruling mandated that physically handicapped

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1. The school board ruling mandated that physically handicapped students  be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem  of special aid.

1. be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem
2. should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children who have a reading problem
3. are placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children who have a reading problems
4. be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children with reading problems
5. should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children who have a reading problems

OA is  d

can somebody please expalin difference between D and E. Is it that here statement has mandated hence we dont repeat use of should?

Please also explain when we use words like mandate, do we use should ?

sudeep · Answer

Use of   mandate that   implies the subjunctive mood.

Also   should   is used to express someone's wish/hope/thoughts. Incorrect in this scenario.

acer2knight · Answer

1. be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem
2. should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children who have a reading problem
3. are placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children who have a reading problems
4. be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children with reading problems
5. should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children who have a reading problems

because of the subjunctive mood - it nails down to 1 and 4. How do we choose between 1 and 4?

shrutisingh · Answer

Out of 1 and 4 ,4 is the simpler one.'children with reading problems' is better than 'children who have a reading problem'

sudeep · Answer

Assume you have a total children (X)
out of which (Y) have reading problem
1) referring to X (have reading problem) ==> not true, all children do not have reading problems. ( 'who' in general introduces non-restrictive clause just adding info, but not classify/separate the subject/noun from group .  Can someone please confirm this ?.)
4) referring to Y (with reading problems)

Natia · Answer

Between A and D, the tense difference between 'assured' (A) and 'assures' (D) what does it imply?

bigoyal · Answer

I would reject option A, B, C and E for using "all children who have  a  reading problem"

By using "a" above, it sounds as if there are different categories of reading problem and these children have one reading problems.

C and E are introducing new error by using plural "problems", - " a  reading problem s "

In option D, the above problem is addressed by using "all children with reading problems", which addresses children with any type of reading problem.

bigoyal · Answer

Jut to add to my previous post:

"A/an" can be used only with count nouns.

* "I need a bottle of water."
 * "I need a new glass of milk."

Whereas, here, "Reading problem" is a non-countable noun.

sudeep · Answer

Can you enlighten me more on this as I am not sure of it?

I think   problems   are countable: 
 I am facing few problems in evaluating ...

Also, we don't know whether there do exist different type of reading problems in this context.
So do you intend to say that we should use " the  reading problem".

bigoyal · Answer

hmm.. I got your point. Thats correct.

We can certainly write "I am facing a reading problem". But that means that I'm facing "one" reading problem. Isn't it ?

Similarly, "all children who have a reading problem" sounds as if these children have one reading problem, though non-specific (since using "a")

"all children with reading problems" addresses children with any type and any number of reading problems.

Yes, we can surely use "the reading problem" when we want to point to a "specific" reading problem (But its not applicable here).
E.g. The reading problem, which Dave has, is very serious.

sudeep · Answer

I think whether children have the same reading problem or different problems is not an issue => I will not prefer to use it as a part of POE in answer.
the relevance here is the use of  who  as mentioned in below:

bigoyal · Answer

Maybe you are true. But still, I feel, if I had been given the below options:

"all children with reading problems"
OR
"all children with a reading problem"

I would have opted the 1st one. To me, the use of "a" here sounds awkward, and sounds as if all the students have one and same reading problem.

sudeep · Answer

I think in this type of question, prefer what is suggested in the original sentence.

The school board ruling mandated that physically handicapped

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